Local GUI Client Access to a Database

A user can log in to the database server by using a graphical client (which could be running on Windows, Macintosh, or a UNIX workstation). The graphical client then connects to the database server. In this case, the client is running on the user’s workstation. Figure 29.6 shows an example.

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FIGURE 29.6 The user starts a GUI database program on the user’s workstation (hostname cheetah). This program, which is the database client, then connects to the database server running on the host simba.

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